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Hey, FOTG, hope you are well! You said this to @Peterlag, and I felt compelled to comment on this: I don't think he's purposely twisting Scripture or changing the wording, but rather just misunderstanding, as so many do, what it means to "sit on David's throne." Christ Jesus's "sitting on...

Well, we incur physical death, the first death, as a result of the fall and the judgment handed down to Adam ~ and all his progeny, which is everyone, of course. It's not a major point of contention. Yes, I agree that Adam's sin was Adam's sin, and we are not immediately guilty of disobeying...

Yes, any Christian who says they don't struggle daily with sin in pretty much everything they do, who doesn't struggle to put off the old man and put on the new, as Paul puts it in 2 Corinthians 5, is fooling himself. You're right, we inherit Adam's (and Eve's) sinful nature from birth, and...

Hm. Alrighty, then, :) Grace and peace to you.

Interesting. I would be interested to hear your thoughts regarding this. Grace and peace to you.

Seems to me maybe we agree more than you think we do. At least on first glance... Fair enough. Agree. I didn't insinuate that. Well that's not accurate. Not to say that what you say is not true; there may be some who say strictly that "the first is to the first is to the first," and "the...

Well, we don't completely disagree... :) Satan is "bound" and "sealed in a pit" and thus unable to deceive the nations, which is exactly what Revelation 20:1-3 says. Before Jesus, he was able to deceive the nations, which means to prevent the spread of the Gospel beyond the nation of Israel...

You are made in the image of God ~ fearfully and wonderfully made, knit together in your mother's womb ~ and your identity is in Christ Jesus. God looks on you and sees Christ ~ because you are clothed in His righteousness. You are as beautiful as can possibly be... because Christ Jesus is...

Not really sure what you mean by "incorporating it into my thinking"... Do you mean to ask what I think about Revelation 12 in general, or specifically about Revelation 12:7-12, or how it fits with the rest of John's Revelation, or fitting it into a timeline of events, or...? I'll just kind...

He "prowls" according to Peter in 1 Peter 5:8-9. What Peter means by that is that, although Satan is able to exert influence in many ways on individuals, tempting us to sin and even trying to deceive us, we should "resist him" by "(h)umbl(ing) (ourselves) under the mighty hand of God so that at...

Some think that, for sure. :) Sure. But he is unable to deceive the nations, as it is shown to John (and us) in the vision given to him in Revelation 20. Thus is his current "binding," which Jesus Himself alludes to, as documented by Matthew, Mark, and Luke: "...how can someone enter a...

It is the end of the "thousand years"... the fullness of God's time in bring "all Israel," as Paul puts it in Romans 11:25-26, which consists of all Gentile and Jewish believers whom He calls ~ collectively, His elect ~ to completion Jesus's return marks the beginning of eternity... actually...

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever! Psalm 30:11-12

Well, it is part ~ one ninth :) ~ of the fruit of the Spirit... :) Thank you. :) Right. Don't think I said or insinuated any differently, but maybe worded it somewhat ambiguously. Yes, I agree. Thanks for clarifying that... And... regarding Noah's story... Jesus is the ark. :) Rather...

Yes. :) But it's not about me. But... to what you say here... yes. :) Ohhhhh, boy. I thought you were done. Oh well, on we go, I guess... :) I wouldn't say that, and never have. But it doesn't save. God saves. Even when we were dead in our trespasses ~ as Paul says ~ He made us alive...

My sentiments exactly. :) Grace and peace to you.

That's exactly what I would say to you. :) But you seem to not be concerned about that and continue anyway, according to your own will, so I will do the same. Or not, if I so choose. :) And you're wrong about that; see above. But, we can agree to disagree, surely, right? LOL! See...

Do you mean to draw a distinction between the eucharist of Catholic churches and the communion, or the Lord's supper in Protestant churches? I see no real difference here, except maybe in the sense of transubstantiation, which I addressed above. Sure. Because it's silly. :) And being bought...

Yes, it was different than the Catholic Church (and Pelagius), for sure. :) But very much the same as St. Augustine, who, oddly enough, Catholics revere... But far more importantly, Moses demonstrates in Genesis 3 that all are born into sin (Adam and Eve took on this state as a result of the...

Sure. There's more (much more, really) to it than that, but sure. The crux of the difference between us, really, Mary, is what water baptism is. You may agree with what I said before, that water baptism is a sacrament, but by definition, water baptism, since it is a sacrament, is not...